NAACP leaders this time have approached with a compromise - leave Gen. Robert E. Lee's portrait hanging, but change his outfit from the Confederate uniform.

"Put it in a historical museum. Put another picture of Mr. Lee up there without the Confederate uniform," said Lee County NAACP President James Muwakkil.

Commissioners aren't budging.

The issue came to light again after last month's shootings in Charleston. The alleged killer posed with a Confederate flag before the fatal shooting of nine black church members.

Some residents liken the Confederate uniform in Lee's local portrait to the symbol of the Nazis.

Others say Lee changed his position on the Confederacy near the end of his life, and with several other counties bearing his namesake, this one inaccurately portrays his legacy.

Commissioners didn't respond to Muwakkil's requests Tuesday, but Chairman Brian Hamman said there is no compromise.

"I don't know in government that half measurements work," he said. "I don't know if it would satisfy people for a long time."

Muwakkil said this isn't over. He will be at the commission's next meeting. He is also working his way up the national chain to see if his chapter can protest outside commission chambers in an attempt to pressure some change.